English

Noun

abura ‎(plural aburas)

1. A medium-sized tropical African tree, Mitragyne macrophylla, from the family Loganiaceae.^[1][First attested in the mid 20^th century.]^[2]
2. The soft pale wood from the abura tree. [First attested in the mid 20^th century.]^[2]

References

1. ↑ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], ISBN 0-87779-101-5), page 8
2. 1 2 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 10

Japanese

Romanization

abura

1. rōmaji reading of あぶら